Uncapped #38 | Ben Horowitz from a16z

Uncapped #38 | Ben Horowitz from a16z

From Uncapped with Jack Altman by Alt Capital

January 9, 2026 · 58 min

About this episode

Ben Horowitz discusses his experiences and insights on venture capital and business leadership.

Ben Horowitz is a cofounder and general partner at the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, a venture capital firm that manages $60 billion in assets under management. He is also the author of the New York Times bestsellers, The Hard Thing About Hard Things and What You Do Is Who You Are. Prior to a16z, Ben was cofounder and CEO of Opsware (formerly Loudcloud), which was acquired by Hewlett-Packard for $1.6 billion in 2007. Earlier, he was vice president and general manager of America Online’s E-commerce Platform division, where he oversaw development of the company’s flagship Shop@AOL service. Ben also ran several product divisions at Netscape. Ben serves on the board of Anyscale, Databricks, Mayvenn, NationBuilder, Navan, and UnitedMasters. We covered: Marc and Ben’s relationship as co-founders Operating a venture firm like a CEO of a company Why scale is important and not for everyone The evolution of media --- Timestamps: (0:00) Intro (0:30) Marc and Ben’s relationship (6:10) Structuring the firm to attract great talent (10:28) Difference between execs and GPs (14:51) Firm-wide guiding principles (16:43) Scaling GPs vs small teams who concentrate (20:11) Why scale is so…

People in this episode

Host: Jack Altman

Guest: Ben Horowitz

Topics covered

  • venture capital
  • business relationships
  • scaling firms
  • media evolution
  • leadership in startups

Keywords

  • venture capital
  • Ben Horowitz
  • Andreessen Horowitz
  • business scaling
  • media evolution
  • leadership
  • startups

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Andreessen Horowitz, Opsware, Hewlett-Packard, America Online, Netscape, Anyscale, Databricks, Mayvenn, NationBuilder, Navan

Books & works: The Hard Thing About Hard Things, What You Do Is Who You Are

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